Whether Peppers – a 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior from Paramus Catholic High School in New Jersey – chooses Michigan or not, Woodson said he is pleased to see his alma mater headed in the right direction because of recruiting and coaching.

“What we have right now are both of those things,” he said, when asked about coach Brady Hoke. “The job that his staff have done has been outstanding. Once you start getting guys in here that are really, really difference makers, and you combine that with coaching (watch out).”

Peppers is expected to choose his school May 26. Along with U-M, he is considering Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame and Ohio State.

As for Woodson, he is looking for an NFL team to join in the fall and said he was open to the Lions, if they called.

“Here's the thing about the Lions: The Lions have players. They just haven't been able to put it together,” Woodson said. “Would I be open to playing (for them)? No question. But the dollars have to make sense, too.”

This weekend, however, he is focused on helping Mott Hospital. He gave U-M’s children’s hospital $2 million in 2009.

Along with former U-M teammates Brain Griese and Steve Hutchinson, he runs Champions for Children’s Hearts Weekend. It kicked off with the radiothon. The event raised $91,000.